This was stitched a couple of years ago, misplaced for a while,and just now finished.I love the addition of the pine cones!

I added the stork scissors in the phototo give a sense of the scale of the piece.

Finally, a canvaswork sock,

stitched on "soft" Congress cloth;

the design is from Lois Caron.

It's lined with tiny Christmas tree fabric,

and the back of the sock is a

gorgeous red velvet.

Photos do not do these pieces justice.

I like to celebrate my finishes with a new start,and I was in the mood for asmall patriotic piece.I knew I had several such charts,so I started rummaging through my stash.This is usually not a good thing,since I tend to find so many things therethat I really want to get started on ASAP.As I did this time.I did find a few (but not all) of mypatriotic charts, and I startedLittle House Needleworks' Old Glory.

I'm not too fond of the drasticcolor changes in the green.As of this writing,I don't think that I'll rip it out,but the stem of the plant in the large potwill be a DMC solid color.

Well, that's it from here.Hope your May is going well.Thanks for visiting!

Such pretty projects! The Fancy Works retreat definitely rejuvenated my stitching mojo. I've been stitching quite a bit! I'm also working on a patriotic piece now.....a patriotic stocking from Heartstring Samplery that I received as part of the Dyeing to Stitch 2017 Ladies Prim Society.

Lovely stitching and finishing on the smalls. The ric-rac waves are inspired!Do you think every stitcher in the world has those scissors? One of the points on mine snapped off (being used for a purpose not cutting threads) but I still keep them!